Recent Sightings at Pilling Marsh
10th May 2024
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1, ad m, (J C Wood)
Broadfleet channel near sea wall on ranch fencing.
Sedge Warbler, 2
Dyke inland of sea wall.
Whinchat, 1
West of Lane Ends car park
Wheatear, 3
Reed Bunting, 1, ad m
Dyke inland of sea wall
9th May 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 8
Teal, 1, f
inland dyke
Eider, 3, 2m, 1f
Grey Plover, 4
Ringed Plover, 10
marsh at high tide
Whimbrel, 25
at high tide
Dunlin, 200
marsh at high tide
Common Sandpiper, 1
dyke inland of sea wall
Herring Gull, 1, ad
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 150
HT roost
Cormorant, 2
Little Egret, 11
Raven, 2
Reed Warbler, 2, pair
carrying nest mats.
Wheatear, 5
5th May 2024
Eider, 5, (Paul Ellis / Paul Slade)
Whimbrel, 2
Osprey, 1, (Paul Slade / Paul Ellis)
Unsuccessfully fished over the sea at high tide then drifted south
Peregrine, 2, (Paul Ellis / Paul Slade)
Raven, 1
over
2nd May 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 900, (Paul Ellis)
on marsh
Whimbrel, 56
roost count
1st May 2024
Whimbrel, 6
on marsh
30th April 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 500
24th April 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 250
Whimbrel, 68
Roost count of 39 flying in at dusk, plus 29 flew north at 1630 hrs
Wheatear, 1
22nd April 2024
Cuckoo, 1, (J C Wood)
fence on marsh then flew into wood Fluke Hall
Sparrowhawk, 1
Swallow, 2
north
House Martin, 1
Wheatear, 1
21st April 2024
Greylag Goose, 3, (Paul Ellis / Paul Slade)
with pinkfeet on marsh
Pink-footed Goose, 1540
on saltmarsh
Whimbrel, 1
flew north
18th April 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 600, (J C Wood)
14th April 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 615, (Paul Slade/Paul Ellis)
Peregrine, 2
6th April 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 1700, (J C Wood)
Swallow, 1
west towards Fluke Hall
Wheatear, 26
east of Fluke Hall 15.30hrs
2nd April 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 2500
26th March 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 2600
Curlew, 1062
HT roost many arrived from west along coast
Wheatear, 4, 3m 1f
Meadow Pipit, 348
NE vis mig 10.00 - 11.30hrs largest flock 140
Ruddy Shelduck, 1
with pinks
24th March 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 400, (Paul Slade/Paul Ellis)